The conference Archaeology of social inequality in Early Medieval Europe. Socio-political practices from top-down and bottom-up approaches. A tribute to Chris Wickham will be held in the Faculty of Arts of the University of the Basque Country in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the framework of the Research Project DESPAMED (Landscapes and Social Inequality in Northern Iberia, HUM 2012-32514) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. The aim of this conference is to discuss the theoretical challenges posed by the study of social and political inequality in early medieval societies in Western Europe. It will focus mainly on…
